Kate J Hollingsworth

art + travel + photography

Tag: california

  • Goats in San Luis Obispo, California

    ((Missing Image)) It is August and around here in San Luis Obispo it looks like this: ((Missing Image)) How pretty is that view as the sun sets? There are lots of baby goats hanging out right now…. ((Missing Image)) …. working on those balance skills… ((Missing Image)) … and getting some naps in (growing up…

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  • Morro Bay Waterfront

    ((Image Missing DSC02515-1-665×435)) I loved staying in Morro Bay, California for a couple of months. Wanted to share a few more photos from our time there this spring! ((Image Missing)) ((Image Missing)) ((Image Missing DSC_0525)) Love the view of Morro Rock – you can see it from everywhere along the waterfront… ((Image Missing)) ((Image Missing…

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  • How to Spend a Day in Cambria, California

    Cambria, California is a small, lovely seaside town about 20 minutes north of Morro Bay. It makes a great stop if you are driving between LA and San Francisco, and is close to some cool sites in the central coast area like Hearst Castle, the elephant seals at San Simeon, and the Paso Robles winery…

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  • New Spring 2018 Botanical Watercolors

    Hi there! Hope you are having a great week so far. It has been warm and sunny this week here in Morro Bay, CA and I have been enjoying spending time outside! You might have seen on instagram lately that I picked up a lot of Winsor and Newton watercolor paint that I bought on eBay a…

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  • A March Day Trip to Sequoia National Park

    Earlier in March, we took a day trip from to Morro Bay to Sequoia National Park. There are lots of cool things to see and do in both Sequoia and the nearby Kings Canyon National Park, but our mission was to see some of the tall sequoias in the National Forest and especially the General…

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  • Ocean Painting Time-lapse

    Hi guys, hope you are having great week so far! It’s *almost* Friday and I am excited about that! Earlier this week, I wrote about the preparation steps that are part of the process for creating an art collection. Today I’m sharing a time-lapse video of one of the California Coastline paintings: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGzHwTDwdb8] In…

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  • Painting the California Coastline – Part 1

    I’m working on an art collection inspired by the Central Coast area of California in and around San Luis Obispo county.  While I’ve been living in Morro Bay for a couple of months, I’ve been especially inspired by the ocean and the colors that form where the sky meets the water on the horizon. I…

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  • Disney Vlog + 3 Tips for Visiting in 2018

    As promised, here is the vlog from our Disneyland trip plus 3 tips for visiting Disneyland in 2018! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQnO0rxjywE] These are the 3 things that really helped keep our day fun and efficient: Disneyland App + MaxPass Start Fastpasses Early Rent a storage locker I talk them through in more detail in the video…

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  • A #TinyHouse Tour

    Happy Thursday friends! We are currently enjoying rural California, and I wanted to do a little tour of our two-week #TinyHouse AirBnb. Tiny Homes seem to be getting more and more popular over the past few years (there is even a “Tiny House” filter on AirBnb now!), so I’m excited to see one up close.…

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  • A Vagabond Experiment

    Hi guys, Taking a break from New Zealand photos (but I have so many more!) and wanted to share a bit about what life looks like right now. For now, I am traveling around on the West Coast working on design projects, searching out art inspiration, and soaking up the atmosphere of a part of…

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Kate J Hollingsworth